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28628

ZIP 28628 is Glen Alpine, North Carolina, in Burke County; area code 828; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Burke
Population
60
Coordinates
35.7292, -81.7783
☼ Live from 28628 — Glen Alpine, NC

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Where 28628 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 28628
  • 🔢 Type 28628 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZgBZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 28,628 = 2 × 2 × 17 × 421. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110111111010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 28627 (Glade Valley, NC, 66 mi away) and 28629 (Glendale Springs, NC, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 28628 becomes 82682, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26288, 28682, 62288, 62828, 62882, 68822, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88262 in Mcdonald, NM, 1,243 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯959 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 28628 and you would come out at 35.73°S, 98.22°E — 1,044 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 0.282 square miles of land, 28628 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 136 football fields.
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People and housing

Population60This ZIP60
Households29This ZIP29
Housing units29This ZIP29
Median age50.8This ZIP50.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$74,375This ZIP$74,375North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Mean commute15.2 minThis ZIP15.2 min
Population density212.8 / sq miThis ZIP212.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees18This ZIP18
Annual payroll$746,000This ZIP$746,000

Land area

Land area0.28 sq miThis ZIP0.28 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 28628

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 28628

ZIPCityDistance
28655 Morganton, NC 2.8 mi
28680 Morganton, NC 4.9 mi
28761 Nebo, NC 7.7 mi
28619 Drexel, NC 9.9 mi
28690 Valdese, NC 11.4 mi
28671 Rutherford College, NC 14.2 mi
28752 Marion, NC 14.5 mi
28612 Connelly Springs, NC 14.6 mi
28737 Glenwood, NC 15.8 mi
28020 Casar, NC 16.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 28628?

28628 is in Glen Alpine, North Carolina, in Burke County, part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7292, -81.7783.

What county is 28628 in?

28628 lies in Burke County.

What area code is 28628?

Glen Alpine uses area code 828, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 28628 in?

28628 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 28628?

About 60 people live in ZIP code 28628, in 29 households, at 212.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 28628?

$74,375 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 28628?

The closest are 28655 (2.8 mi), 28680 (4.9 mi), 28761 (7.7 mi), 28619 (9.9 mi) and 28690 (11.4 mi).

Is 28628 a PO Box ZIP code?

28628 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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